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Can you have too much paste or mortar?

Q. Can you have too much paste or mortar?

 

A. Yes, and if that occurs, vibration can assist gravity in causing the coarse aggregate to sink and produce segregation. Sufficient coarse aggregate should prevent this from taking place.

 

References: SP-1(02); ACI 304R-00

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